Thorax: 71 (3)

Airwaves

Highlights from this issue (15 February, 2016) Free
Nicholas Hart, Gisli Jenkins, Alan Smyth

Editorials

Thorax at 70
(15 February, 2016) Free
Anne Tattersfield, Anthony Seaton
Can we finally use spirometry in the clinical management of infants with respiratory conditions? (5 January, 2016) Free
Rachel E Foong, Graham L Hall
Avoiding unnecessary arterial blood sampling in COPD exacerbations: a stab in the right direction (9 February, 2016) Free
Andrew W Hitchings, Emma H Baker

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article: Using venous blood gas analysis in the assessment of COPD exacerbations: a prospective cohort study (1 December, 2015)
Tricia M McKeever, Glenn Hearson, Gemma Housley, Catherine Reynolds, William Kinnear, Tim W Harrison, Anne-Maree Kelly, Dominick E Shaw

Cystic fibrosis

Original article: Discovery of novel plasma protein biomarkers to predict imminent cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations using multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry (16 March, 2015) Free
Bradley S Quon, Darlene L Y Dai, Zsuzsanna Hollander, Raymond T Ng, Scott J Tebbutt, S F Paul Man, Pearce G Wilcox, Don D Sin
Original article: Short-term and long-term response to pulmonary exacerbation treatment in cystic fibrosis (24 April, 2015) Free
Sonya L Heltshe, Christopher H Goss, Valeria Thompson, Scott D Sagel, Don B Sanders, Bruce C Marshall, Patrick A Flume

Lung cancer

Original Article: Resection rate of lung cancer in Teesside (UK) and Varese (Italy): a comparison after implementation of the National Cancer Plan (26 November, 2015) Free
Andrea Imperatori, Richard N Harrison, Lorenzo Dominioni, Neil Leitch, Elisa Nardecchia, Vandana Jeebun, Jacqueline Brown, Elena Altieri, Massimo Castiglioni, Maria Cattoni, Nicola Rotolo

Paediatric lung disease

Original article: Gastro-oesophageal reflux and worse asthma control in obese children: a case of symptom misattribution? (1 February, 2016) Free
Jason E Lang, Jobayer Hossain, Janet T Holbrook, W Gerald Teague, Benjamin D Gold, Robert A Wise, John J Lima

Respiratory epidemiology

Original article: Obese individuals experience wheezing without asthma but not asthma without wheezing: a Mendelian randomisation study of 85 437 adults from the Copenhagen General Population Study (26 October, 2015) Free
Yunus Çolak, Shoaib Afzal, Peter Lange, Børge G Nordestgaard
Original article: Respiratory health and disease in a UK population-based cohort of 85 year olds: The Newcastle 85+ Study (5 January, 2016)
Andrew J Fisher, Mohammad E Yadegarfar, Joanna Collerton, Therese Small, Thomas B L Kirkwood, Karen Davies, Carol Jagger, Paul A Corris
Original article: The natural history of severe asthma and influences of early risk factors: a population-based cohort study (5 January, 2016) Free
Wenjia Chen, Carlo A Marra, Larry D Lynd, J Mark FitzGerald, Zafar Zafari, Mohsen Sadatsafavi

Respiratory research

Original article: New reference ranges for interpreting forced expiratory manoeuvres in infants and implications for clinical interpretation: a multicentre collaboration (2 November, 2015) Free
Sooky Lum, Vassiliki Bountziouka, Angela Wade, Ah-Fong Hoo, Jane Kirkby, Antonio Moreno-Galdo, Ines de Mir, Olaia Sardon-Prado, Paula Corcuera-Elosegui, Joerg Mattes, Luis Miguel Borrego, Gwyneth Davies, Janet Stocks

Review

Airway surface liquid homeostasis in cystic fibrosis: pathophysiology and therapeutic targets (30 December, 2015) Free
Iram J Haq, Michael A Gray, James P Garnett, Christopher Ward, Malcolm Brodlie

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Audit, research and guideline update: British Thoracic Society community-acquired pneumonia care bundle: results of a national implementation project (21 July, 2015) Free
Wei Shen Lim, Chamira Rodrigo, Alice M Turner, Sally Welham, James M Calvert
Audit, research and guideline update: The LungPath study: variation in the diagnostic and staging pathway for patients with lung cancer in England (15 July, 2015) Free
Paul Cane, Karen Linklater, George Santis, Henrik Møller, Michael Peake

Images in thorax

Images in thorax: Epiglottic cyst: rare, but potentially dangerous (24 September, 2015) Free
Urs Borner, Basile Nicolas Landis

Journal club summaries

Journal club summaries: What's hot that the other lot got (15 February, 2016) Free
Elizabeth Batalla-Duran

PostScript

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March 2016 - Volume 71 - 3

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Lung cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory research

Review

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

PostScript

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Table of contents

March 2016 - Volume 71 - 3

Airwaves

Editorials

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cystic fibrosis

Lung cancer

Paediatric lung disease

Respiratory epidemiology

Respiratory research

Review

Chest clinic

Audit, research and guideline update

Images in thorax

Journal club summaries

PostScript

Issue Information